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With your interest in photography, the Ansel Adams exhibit should be a must-see. He was and his photos stil are among the greatest even though the shots are black-and-white. There aren't enough superlatives to describe them.

Adams was among my photographers idols along with David Douglas Duncan (the D-Day shots of Omaha Beach), Alfred Eisenstadt of Life Mag and the sailor kissing the nurse at the end of WWII, Josef Karsh whose bulldog shot of Sir Winston is immortal.

Huh? I'm sure you didn't mean it like that if you are a photographer or appreciator, Black and White captures feelings and details that color never could.

I spent a year photographing Motorcycle races in Black & White mostly. I shot color one day, those color pics just seemed flat & lifeless even though they were shot on the one sunny day we had. The Black & White shots were through fog and pushed to the limit and although they were technically flat they had life. The color also didn't sell well, I ate 90% of those shots.

I would love to see Adams original work too, you're lucky to have access to them, free or not, enjoy.

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"Living is easy with eyes closed, misunderstanding all you see" John W Lennon

"People do not quit playing because they grow old, they grow old because they quit playing" George Bernard Shaw

As a musing I think, as he was the farther of the zone system, he may not have been so enthused, I could here him arguing the archival merits of film over digital formats, and battery life not keeping up with his week long vigils, not to mention the added weight his donkey would have had to endure. A simple 5x4 and 2 DD slides would have been all he'd of needed in his day, (pod and cable release a given)

I think he may also not be a fan of HDR even though...

I remember the first time I saw an original of 'Moon and Half Dome' at what must have been a wall sized print, it stopped me in my tracks, I couldn't believe how life like a B&W print could look, he and HCB had a lot of influence on me heading down this path (along also with Eisenstadt and Sebastiao Salgado) (with benchmarks like those I have lerned to be content knowing I'm not that good at this photography medium )

Sorry Il Duce for the little meander... If I was a smidgen closer I'd join you for an afternoon wander...

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